Improvement in box-openers



"WILLIAM GOULD.

Improvement in Box Openers.

N0. 124,129. Patented Feb. 27, 1372.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM GOULD, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOX-OPENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,129, dated February27, 1872.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, l/VM. GOULD, of Minneapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Box-Openers; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing makinga part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a side view and partial section of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a face view of my invention.

This invention has relation to an improved tool for raisin g the lids ofboxes; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of apair of pivoted levers, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Arepreseuts a metal lever constructed witha wide wedgeshaped end, B, in which is cuta longitudinal slot, (J, thesides of which diverge as they approach the edge of the wedge-shapedend. B represents a metal lever, bent to form a handle at b, andconstructed with a bifurcated or V- sha-ped wedge-end D, which fitsclosely within the slot O, and turns on a pivot, d. The faces of the endD coincide with those of the end B.

In order to open a box the levers are closed together and their wedgeends inserted or driven into the seam, after which they are separated,raisin g the lid of the box sutticiently to extract the nails. It willbe observed that the handles of the levers are arranged in such a waythat B may be conveniently held While the operator strikes the end ofthe lever A with a hammer or mallet. The bent or shoulder part b of thelever B obviates all difficulty in separating the levers.

The object of the V-shaped notch in the end of the lever B is to allowit to be used for extracting nails, and being driven into seams wherethere are such. When the lever B is used for extracting n ails it shouldbe separated from A by removing; the pivot d.

To prevent breaking, the ends B D should be made of steel.

I claim as my invention The box-opener herein described, consisting ofthe lever A, having the slotted wed ge-shaped end O, and lever B,constructed with the shulder 1) and V-shaped wed ge-end l),substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence WILLIAM GOULD.

of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

M. A. FULLER, E. It. PEIRCE.

PATENT OFFICE.

